Trade Round-Up: Five More Years Up Rupert's Ass
· Fox No, 2 Peter Chernin sets up shop inside Rupert Murdoch's duodenum for another five years. Really, residence in Murdoch's intestinal tract really isn't as bad as it sounds. It's got a hot tub, a on-call masseuse, and a roll of microfilm detailing Dick Cheney's plans for world domination. [THR]
· Viacom co-president/eventual Moonves victim Tom Freston reorganizes the conglom and reassigns duties previously performed by former bigwig Jonathan Dolgen. Freston's discovering that he really has a facility with the cat o' nine tails, and is keeping that ex-Dolgen job for himself. [THR]
· Paul Bettany is in negotiations to star as Harrison Ford's nemesis in the Warner Bros thriller The Wrong Element. The role of Harrison Ford's nemesis has previously been played by Gary Oldman, David Schwimmer, poor script choices, and tequila. [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· Fox adds 10 more episodes of mommy-swapping trainwreck Trading Spouses, announces that it won't rest until it's crushed every remaining American nuclear family on reality television. [THR]